In 2002, there was significant
stirring in New Hampshire politics. Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D) made
a bid for U.S. Senate, opening up a competitive race for Governor.
Shaheen faced Rep. John Sununu (R), who defeated incumbent U.S. Senator
Bob Smith (R) in the primary. Both U.S. House races were competitive
and the State Senate was in close balance. The effect of this on
the presidential race was that Democratic presidential hopefuls had ample
opportunities to stump for local Democratic candidates.1
Visiting New Hampshire was little trouble for two prospects from neighboring
states, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean;
Dean in particular took advantage of his proximity, making more than twice
as many visits and spending more than twice as much time in the state as
any of the other prospective candidates during 2001-2002. The lack
of visits by Gore and Daschle is noteworthy, given that the two decided
not to run.

Also,
Gen. Wesley Clark visited in Oct. 2002.2002Gov. Dean visited NH on December
15, 2002 to attend the New Hampshire Teamsters meeting at Teamsters
Hall in Manchester and a reception at Three Sweet Tomatoes in Lebanon.

Sen. Lieberman visited NH on December
10, 2002. He attended an informal luncheon with the Democratic
caucus at Bridges House, the governor's residence, in Concord and a coffee
with Concord-area activists hosted by Marty Gross, former mayor of Concord,
at Sulloway & Hollis law firm in Concord.

Gov. Dean visited NH on November 22,
2002 to do a fundraiser for New Hampshire Young Democrats in Manchester.

Gov. Dean visited NH on November 13,
2002. He held "private meetings with key activists" and spoke
to American Studies classes at Manchester Central High School.

Sen. Kerry was the keynote speaker at the Granite
State Chapter of the Association of the U.S. Army annual Soldier of the
Year awards dinner at the Crowne Plaza in Nashua, NH on November
8, 2002.

[Election Day, November 5, 2002]

On November 1, 2002, a day of campaigning for
Republican candidates, Pres. Bush rallied with John Sununu, Craig
Benson, Jeb Bradley and Charlie Bass at the Pan American Airlines hanger
at Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth, NH. [Separately,
First Lady Laura Bush rallied with Republican candidates the next day,
November 2, 2002, in the gym at Nashua High School North].

Gov. Dean visited NH on the afternoon and
evening of October 31, 2002. He spoke to a Lebanon Rotary
lunch in Lebanon; campaigned with Iris Estabrook, candidate for state senate,
in Dover, and attended a Halloween Party for the Beth Reever Arsenault
For State Senate Committee ($20 donation requested) at the NHDP Office
on Main Street in Laconia.

Gov. Dean visited NH on the afternoon of
October
29, 2002. He met with children and health care advocates at One
Eagle Square in Concord and toured and did a press conference with Senator
Burt Cohen at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, before heading
on to Maine.

[Former Vice President Gore
had been scheduled to visit NH
on October 26, 2002 but put the visit
on hold because of the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone. He had planned
breakfast receptions with Mark Fernald at IBEW Local 2320 and at the Tower
Cafe in Manchester and an appearance at the pumpkin festival in Keene with
Katrina Swett ].

Rep. Gephardt visited NH on October 26,
2002. He rallied at Democratic headquarters in Concord;spoke
at the 62nd annual SEIU convention at the Waterville Valley Conference
Center and Resort in Waterville Valley; met with local residents in Conway;
and spoke at the Coos County Truman Dinner at the Town & Country Restaurant
in Shelburne (Gorham).

Gov. Dean visited NH on October 25-26,
2002. On October 25 he attended a fundraiser for Martha Fuller
Clark at the home of John and Mindy Kacavas in Manchester and attended
a rally for Clark at Teamster's Hall in Manchester. On October 26
he spoke at the 62nd annual SEIU convention at the Waterville Valley Conference
Center and Resort in Waterville Valley and keynoted the Merrimack County
Democrats' Harvest Supper at the Pembroke Academy in Pembroke, before heading
on to Boston.

Gov. Dean attended the Sullivan County Democratic
Committee at the Newport Senior Center in Newport, NH on October
23, 2002.

Sen. Kerry visited NH on October 20,
2002. In Nashua, he attended a fundraising reception to benefit
the New Hampshire Democratic Party at Rivier College and did a veterans
event with Katrina Swett at the Purple Heart Monument; in Manchester, he
joined a trolley ride with Lou D'Allesandro, starting at Chez-Vachon and
concluding at Grand Slam Pizza; in Exeter, he attended a town Democratic
committee Chili Party; finally, in Rye, he attended a fundraising reception
for Martha Fuller Clark at the home of Bill and Cindy Thalheimer.

Sen. Edwards visited NH on October 18-20,
2002. On October 18 he did a meet and greet with state senators
and state senate candidates at the McLane, Graf, Raulerson &
Middleton law firm and was the featured speaker at the NHDP's 2002 Jefferson-Jackson
Dinner, attended by about 450 people, at the Center of NH in Manchester
. On October 19 he campaigned with Katrina Swett at the NHDP regional
office on Main Street in Nashua; attended a house party at the home of
Elliot and Bette Lasky in Nashua; lunched with activists at E.F. Lane Hotel
in Keene; did an interview with the Keene Sentinel; did a coffee at a diner
in Claremont; and attended a house party at the home of House Democratic
Leader Peter Burling in Cornish. On October 20 he attended a house
party at Alice Chamberlin's home in Warner and a house party at Randy Perkins'
home in Franklin.

Sen. Lieberman visited NH on October
14-15, 2002. On October 14 he helped kick off Manchester City
Democrats canvassing at Democratic coordinated campaign headquarters in
Manchester; campaigned with 2nd district candidate for Congress Katrina
Swett at the NHDP regional office in Keene; walked through Claremont with
state Sen. George Disnard; campaigned with gubernatorial candidate Mark
Fernald at Dartmouth College in Hanover; and did a meet and greet with
Fernald and campaign volunteers at the NHDP regional office in Lebanon.
(House Democratic Leader Peter Burling accompanied Lieberman throughout
the day). On October 15 he did a breakfast fundraiser for the Nashua
City Democratic Committee at Daniel Webster College in Nashua.

...Arriving from Kennebunkport, Pres. Bush visited
Manchester, NH on October 5, 2002. He spoke
about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein to a crowd at the New Hampshire
National Guard Armory, then spoke
at a fundraiser for the Republican State Committee and Republican Senate
nominee John Sununu at the Center of New Hampshire.

Gov. Dean appeared at a fundraising reception for
the NH Senate Democratic Caucus in Manchester on the evening of
September
26, 2002. On the morning of September 27, 2002 he spoke
to students at Somersworth High School in Somersworth, NH.

Gov. Dean spoke at the Keene County Democrats spaghetti
dinner in Keene, NH on the evening of September 21, 2002.

Rep. Gephardt visited NH on
September
16-17, 2002. On September 16 he campaigned with state Senate
candidate Maggie Wood Hassan (District 23), walking through downtown Exeter
and speaking at a luncheon at the American Independence Museum in Exeter;
went to Rochester for a "Standing Up For New Hampshire Families"event with
Martha Fuller Clark at the Rochester Community Center; visited with local
leaders in Manchester; and stopped in at the coordinated campaign office
in Manchester. On September 17, he campaigned with state Sen. George
Disnard (District 8) in Claremont; attended a reception for state Senate
candidate Joe Foster (District 13) at the Hamblett and Kerrigan law firm
in Nashua; and did a Social Security forum with Katrina Swett at Aynsley
Place in Nashua.

Gov. Dean visited NH for a full day on September
9, 2002. He spent the morning in Littleton: interview with
the Littleton Courier; interview with Radio WLTN; "street walk"
from the radio station to Village Bookstore; meet and greet activists at
the Village Bookstore. In the afternoon he campaigned with state
Senate candidate Beth Arsenault (District 4) at the coordinated campaign
office in Laconia and with state Senate candidate Dennis Kalob (District
7) in Franklin. Finally, in the evening he attended a meeting of
the Manchester City Democratic Committee at Teamster's Hall in Manchester.

Gov. Dean visited NH on Labor Day,
September
2, 2002. He spoke at the NH AFL-CIO Labor Day breakfast at Chateau
Restaurant in Manchester and marched in the Labor Day Parade in Milford.

Gov. Dean visited NH on the afternoon ofAugust
29, 2002. He lunched with seniors at Carpenter Senior Center
in Manchester, met with nurses and administrators at Hillsborough County
Nursing Home in Goffstown, toured Manchester City Hall with Mayor Bob Baines,
and did a meeting at the Fusion Coffee Shop. (He then headed to Boston
where he delivered the Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture at the 2002 Meeting of the
American Political Science Association ).

Gov. Dean met with Democratic activists at
the Victorian Harvest Inn in North Conway and spoke at the North Conway
Rotary dinner at the Red Jacket Motor Inn in North Conway, NH on
the evening of August 21, 2002.

Gov. Dean visited NH on August
18, 2002. He appeared at a New Hampshire Democratic Network brunch
in Concord and spoke at a fundraiser for Peter Odom, candidate for Merrimack
County Attorney, at Mr. Odom's home in Bow.

Sen. Lieberman visited NH on August 18,
2002. He had a busy day, starting out with three events in Manchester:
the Jewish Federation of Greater Manchester brunch, a drop by at the Assumption
Greek Orthodox Church Festival, and lunch with Manchester City aldermen;
he attended the Hillsborough County Democratic Picnic at the home of Sen.
Kathleen McLaughlin Peterson in Bedford; he and John Kacavas were guest
speakers at the Hampton, North Hampton, and Hampton Falls Dems Picnic at
Pitlochry Farms in Hampton Falls; and finally he wrapped up with a fundraiser
for the House Democratic Caucus (Strafford County House candidates) in
Barrington.

Sen. Kerry visited NH on the afternoon and
early evening of August 11, 2002. He attended a Cheshire County
Democratic Committee reception at the Democratic offices in Keene; appeared
at an event for Dennis Kalob, candidate for the District 7 Senate seat,
at the home of Chris Hamm in Hopkinton; attended a bbq/picnic for NHDP
staff, canvass volunteers and activists at the home of Marilyn Hoffman
in Londonderry; and concluded with a veteran's meet and greet with Lou
D'Allesandro in Manchester.

Sen. Kerry visited NH on July 22, 2002.
He joined Martha Fuller Clark at the Veterans Administration Hospital in
Manchester for the launch of her "Veterans for Clark Steering Committee"
and did a prescription drug event with Katrina Swett at Nashua Senior Activity
Center.

Sen. Kerry campaigned with Martha Fuller Clark
in Rye, NH on July 8, 2002. They and a small group
of business owners discussed the environment at the Seacoast Science Center
at Odiorne Point.

Sen. Edwards visited NH on June 21-23,
2002. On June 21 he dropped by the Hanover Hill Health Care Center,
a nursing home in Manchester, and appeared at the Manchester City Democrats
Flag Day Dinner at the Soucy home in Manchester. On June 22
he attended a house party at the home of state Rep. Linda Foster in Mt
Vernon, attended the Merrimack County Democratic Party Pig Roast &
Potluck Picnic at the home of Mary Beth Walz and Harry Judd in Bow ($15
for adults, under 16 gets in free), and attended a NHDP summer seacoast
event at the home of Katherine Paine in Durham. On June 23 he attended
a house party at the Pattons' home in Hampton.

Gov. Dean was the keynote speaker at the Dartmouth
College Medical School Class Day Ceremony in Hanover,
NH
on
June
8, 2002.

Sen. Lieberman visited NH onJune
2-3, 2002. On June 2 he attended a Cheshire County Democratic
Committee house party ($25 per person) at Jay Kahn's residence in Keene.
On June 3 he attended a NH DLC caucus coffee at the law offices of Wiggin
& Nourie, LLP in Manchester; visited Bakersville Elementary School
in Manchester where he toured the school, read to students and did a roundtable
discussion; spoke at a Nashua City Democratic Committee luncheon at the
VFW post in Nashua; did a small fundraiser for New Hampshire Democratic
Party at Fratello's Restaurant in Manchester; and went to the Coordinated
Campaign headquarters in Manchester and visited with their new canvassers.

[Former Sen. Bill Bradley appeared at a fundraiser
for state Sen. Mark Fernald gubernatorial campaign on May 14, 2002
at Stonyfield Farms in Londonderry, NH.]

Rep. Gephardt visited NH on May 6-7,
2002. On May 6 in Portsmouth he met with Martha Fuller Clark
and local seniors at Parrott Avenue Place Senior Citizen Center; in Concord
he walked to and helped open the Katrina Swett for Congress headquarters;
in Hanover he met with students at Dartmouth College; in Lebanon he participated
in a fundraiser for Upper Valley Democrats; in Keene he participated in
a fundraiser for Cheshire County Democrats. On May 7 in Nashua he
did a breakfast with Nashua Democrats at the Nashua Country Club; finally,
in Manchester he delivered the keynote speech at the Professional Firefighters
of New Hampshire Convention.

Gov. Dean gave the keynote address at the Manchester
City Democrats St. Patrick's Day Brunch and walked in the seventh annual
St. Patrick's Day parade in Manchester,
NH on March 24, 2002.

Sen. Lieberman visited NH on March 17-18,
2002. He began with a fundraiser for congressional candidate
Martha Fuller Clark at a private home in Rye Beach; followed by a roundtable
with local activists and Clark at Goldi's in Portsmouth; a house party
at Donna Soucy's home in Manchester; the Merrimack County Democrats St.
Patrick's Day fundraising dinner at the Cat 'N Fiddle in Concord (this
was the highlighted event); and finishing the evening at Wild Rover pub
in Manchester. On March 18 he stopped by firehouse Station 7 in Manchester
and did a high tech small business event in Nashua.

Rep. Gephardt visited NH on
March 8,
2002; he did a breakfast fundraiser with Executive Council candidate
John Kacavas at Devine, Millimet & Branch in Manchester and a jersey-swapping
with House Dem. Leader Peter Burling at the Legislative Office Building
in Concord (following on a bet they made over the Super Bowl).

Sen. Kerry delivered the keynote address at the
New Hampshire Democratic Party's annual 100 Club Gala in Concord,
NH
on March 2, 2002. Earlier that afternoon he did a health care
forum with Executive Council Candidate John Kacavas at the Father Burns Building
in Manchester and visited with firefighters at Station 6 in Manchester.

Gov. Dean delivered the keynote address at the
Hampton Town Democratic Committee dinner in NH on March 1, 2002.

Gov. Dean visited NH on February 19-20,
2002. On February 19 he appeared at a reception for congressional
candidate Martha Fuller Clark in Portsmouth, and on February 20 he delivered
the keynote address to the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce breakfast
in Portsmouth.

Rev. Sharpton visited NH on
February
17-18, 2002 as part of his "getting to know you" tour. He met
and greeted the congregation at New England Pentecostal Ministry in Pelham,
spoke at Keene State College, ventured across the border to the site of
a community action program in White River Junction, Vermont, preached at
Rollins Chapel at Dartmouth College, and held a reception with students
from African-American groups. On February 18, he breakfasted with
Rockefeller Leadership Fellows and Tucker Foundation civic interns at Hanover
Inn.

Gov. Dean put in a full day campaigning with Executive
Council candidate John Kacavas in NH on February 6, 2002.
(The two started at his campaign headquarters in Manchester, then spoke
to seniors at West Side Center, campaigned downtown and had lunch with
Mayor Bob Baines at the Merrimack Restaurant, toured the AES power plant
construction site in Londonderry, and concluded with a reception at a law
firm and a house party at a private home, both in Manchester).

Sen. Edwards visited NH on February 1-3,
2002. On February 1 he had planned to speak in the library at
New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord, but the school was closed
due to the weather and the event cancelled. He did interviews at
the Merrimack Restaurant in Manchester and attended (closed press) a NH
Senate Democrats welcome at Devine, Millimet & Branch in Manchester.
On February 2 attended house parties in Concord, Keene, and
Nashua. On February 3 he did a coffee with activists at Cafe
Brioche in Portsmouth, a lunch with activists at Goldi's Deli in Portsmouth,
a house party in Dover, a fundraiser for Executive Council candidate John
Kacavas at a home in Manchester, and attended (closed press) several Super
Bowl parties in Manchester.

Gov. Dean met privately for an hour with writer
and political consultant Dayton Duncan (deputy press secretary to Mondale
in 1984; press secretary to Dukakis in 1988) at L.A. Burdick's Chocolates
in Walpole, NH on January 26, 2002.

...Pres. Bush, on a three-state tour (OH, NH,
MA) tied to signing of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" education
bill, visited NH on January 8, 2002. Sen. Judd Gregg
was a key supporter of the bill in the Senate. Arriving at Pease
International Tradeport, Bush did a private reception with supporters at
the University of New Hampshire in Durham followed by a speech
to an audience of 3,500 in UNH's gym.

Other 2002 ActivityIn April 2002, Sen. Edwards' New American Optimists
sent 53 computers to New Hampshire, on loan, for Democrats to use on their
2002 campaign efforts. The refurbished Dell Pentium III's, with monitors
and keyboards, arrived on April 18, most at the coordinated campaign office
in Manchester and about 20 at the party's Concord office. "We're
very grateful to Sen. Edwards for the computers," said New Hampshire Democratic
Party communications director Colin Van Ostern, who said they would be
put to use in the party's coordinated campaign efforts.

2001:
9
prospective Democratic candidates spent 17 total days in New Hampshire.

Rep. Gephardt visited
NH on December
15, 2001; his schedule included events with 1st district congressional
candidate Martha Fuller Clark: a brunch at the home of Harlow and Barbara
Carpenter in Kensington (SE Rockingham County), a walk-around in Portsmouth,
a meeting with New Hampshire Young Democrats and a holiday party "to ring
in the New Year and a New Congress!," both at the Millyard Museum in Manchester.

On December 6, 2001, Sen. Kerry did a fundraiser
for Manchester Democrats in Manchester, NH.

Sen. Lieberman visited NH in the first week
of November 2001. On the evening of November 3 he arrived at Berlin-Milan
Airport and spoke at the Coos County Democrats' Truman Dinner at the Town
& Country Motor Inn in Shelburne. On November 4 he attended a
fundraiser brunch for the New Hampshire Democratic Senate Caucus at the
home of Sen. Sylvia Larsen in Concord, a fundraiser for the Committee to
Elect House Democrats at the home of Rep. Bette Lasky in Nashua, a roundtable
with students at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, and a rally with Gov.
Jeanne Shaheen, Mayor Bob Baines, Rep. Martha Fuller Clark and Manchester
Democratic candidates at the Sweeney Post on Maple Street in Manchester.
(November 3-4, 2001)

On October 26, 2001, Sen. Kerry did a fundraiser
for Manchester Mayor Bob Baines in Manchester, NH.

Former Vice President Gore headlined the New Hampshire
Democratic Party's "Celebrating Our Democracy" Jefferson Jackson Dinner
at the Center of New Hampshire Holiday in in Manchester,
NH on October
27, 2001; the next day he did a fundraiser at a restaurant for Manchester
Mayor Bob Baines. As he had in Iowa, Gore made an unpublicized drive
around the state. On the evening of October 22, he joined Sen. Beverly
Hollingworth at Lamies in Hampton (Concord Monitor). Early
the next morning found him in Berlin, he then headed south for Concord
and ended up on the Seacoast, dining with friends and supporters at the
Rusty Hammer in Portsmouth (Concord Monitor). Gore left the
state on October 24 for Maine, and returned for the speech. (October
22-23 and 27-28).

Sen. Kerry keynoted the NH AFL-CIO convention in
North Conway and was the special guest at the Merrimack County Democrats
Harvest Dinner at Pembroke Academy in NH on October 13, 2001.

In August 2001, Rev. Al Sharpton
announced a freedom bus tour of NH for early October 2001, however
that was put off.

Sen. Kerry did two events in NH on August
5, 2001, a meet-and-greet for state representative candidate Mary Tetreau
at Marilyn Hoffman's house in Londonderry (Kerry revealed his poetic skills,
reading a poem of his own composition) and a fundraiser for Manchester
Mayor Bob Baines at Donna Soucy's house in Manchester. [Tetreau lost
the August 14 special election in a Republican stronghold by less than
300 votes].

Rep. Gephardt made a trip to NH on behalf
of state Democrats on June 8-9, 2001. On June 8 he was the
featured speaker at the annual Cheshire County Democratic dinner in Keene.
On June 9 he appeared, with Gov. Shaheen, at a Rockingham/Strafford County
continental breakfast in Portsmouth; the Merrimack County Democrats' Annual
Pig Roast & Pot Luck Picnic at the home of Beth Walz and Harry Judd
in Bow (again w/ Shaheen); and the Manchester City Democrats' Flag Day
Celebration at the Manchester Millyard Museum.

Sen. Feingold visited NH on April 23,
2001, in a trip that was primarily focused on appearances in Maine
with Sen. Collins. He toured Timberland footwear, met with Gov. Shaheen,
and spoke with College Democrats at the University of New Hampshire.

Sen. Biden visited Manchester,
NH on March
25, 2001 at the invitation of state Sen. Lou D'Allesandro.
He spoke at the Manchester Democratic committee's 4th annual St. Patrick's
breakfast ($25/plate fundraiser), marched in the St. Patrick's Day parade,
and visited the VA Hospital.